China Resists Outside Influence Objectives Students will Explain

China Resists Outside Influence

Objectives �Students will… Explain the growth of Western influence in China, including the Opium War, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Qing Dynasty. (W. 19)

Warm-Up �Primary and Secondary Source Discussion

�China rejected offers of trade from the West �China was self-sufficient (had everything they needed)

� China would not trade internationally � Great Britain searched for a good to trade with China Opium- an addictive narcotic � By 1835, over 12 million Chinese were addicted

�The Qing emperor was angry about the drug trade coming from the British. �In 1839 the Emperor’s advisor writes a letter to Queen Victoria demanding the drug trade stop.

Primary Source Analysis Lin Zexu’s letter to Queen Victoria

Result of Lin’s Letter? �NO RESPONSE FROM THE MONARCHY �Why?

British Prime Minister’s Response

�The breaks out between Britain and China in 1839 �The Chinese are easily defeated �The Treaty of Nanjing is signed in 1842 Treaty gave Britain Hong Kong

�The British signed � British citizens were not subject to Chinese laws �But, if accused of a crime in Chinese trading ports, but would only be tried by British courts.

�Population increased to 430 million by 1850 30% increase �Food production could not keep up with growing population �Encouraged opium addiction �Chinese citizens began rebelling against the Qing dynasty

�Hong Xiuquan led the (Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace) �Share wealth and no poverty �Qing imperial troops and British and French forces stopped rebellion � 20 million people died �Ended in 1864

� Foreign nations attack China � Treaties gain more control over China’s economy. � —areas in which the foreign nation controlled trade and investment. � The U. S. , having no sphere of influence, declared its 1899 demanding free trade for all nations in China.

� Resentful of the privileges of foreigners had. � The carry out a campaign against foreigners known as the in 1900 � Attacked the European section of Beijing � Defeated in Beijing

� Boxer Rebellion brought a strong sense of nationalism China must resist foreign intervention

Whiteboard Assessment

Whiteboard Assessment � What role did the British � What are the four � What is � What was the Sepoy East India Company have in India? extraterritoriality? � Why were Europeans so eager to gain control over Africa? motivations for imperialism? Mutiny?

Whiteboard Assessment � One reason the British wanted to control India was a) b) c) d) � To encourage Indian nationalism To buy manufactured goods from India To get access to India’s raw materials To set up a democracy in India What happened at the Berlin Conference? a) b) c) d) � What caused the Boxer Rebellion in China? a) b) c) d) Military duties that were forced on the Chinese Resentment against foreigners Resistance to the introduction of modern technology The fear of a Japanese invasion � Germany and France signed an agreement to end the Franco. Prussian War. European leaders met to decide how to divide Africa. Great Britain and Germany met to discuss how to prevent the spread of industrial technologies Austria demanded that Germany renounce claims to its territory. The period that British controlled India is referred to as a) b) c) d) Meiji Era Raj Sepoy Bollywood